The Components of Governance in Marzbannameh of Saad al-Din Varavini and Its Application in Iran's Public Organizations

Ebrahimpour, Habib; Pourianejad, Farhad; Najjari, Reza

doi:10.30473/ipom.2025.72570.5058

Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

¹ Professor, Department of Public Administration and Tourism, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

³ Associate Professor, Department of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2025.72570.5058

Abstract

The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the components of governance in the Marzbannameh book and extracting and presenting its teachings for today's world. The research is classified as a qualitative study and in the form of an interpretive paradigm, and thematic analysis strategy has been used to extract the components of governance.The statistical population of the current research was carried out using the documents analysis approach, which from the first chapter of Marzban Nameh contains texts, parables and anecdotes narrated between Malekzadeh (Marzban) and Dastur (Minister), considering that all the texts, parables and anecdotes of the first chapter were studied. Therefore, the sampling is of the Random sampling, and the time domain of the research is the first half of 1403, and the main and secondary components of the pattern were extracted using thematic analysis method. Based on the findings of the research, the components related to governance in Marzbanname included 96 primary concepts, 44 sub-categories and 7 main categorie components. The seven components are: moral and religious, personality-individual, behavioral, structural, political, social and economic component. In total of 44 sub-components were identified for the seven main components. Based on this, the components of governance were formed in Marzbannameh and a theoretical model extracted from Marzbannameh was presented. As a result suggestions were made for the managers of public organizations.

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The Components of Governance in Marzbannameh of Saad al-Din Varavini and Its Application in Iran's Public Organizations

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Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 50
April 2025
Pages 193-214

The Components of Governance in Marzbannameh of Saad al-Din Varavini and Its Application in Iran's Public Organizations

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Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 50April 2025Pages 193-214

Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 50
April 2025
Pages 193-214